John Bruno
Dr. Bruno is the Supervisor of Pre Employment for Mercy Hospital. He oversees an in-house program at three health care facilities in St. Louis.
Angela Adrignola
Angela Adrignola is the Coordinator of Pre-Employment and Supported Volunteers program at Mercy Hospital, St. Louis
Clinton Hall
Clinton Hall is a Pre Employment Specialist with Mercy Hospital and serves both the Mercy St. Louis and the Mercy South facilities.
About
Twenty-five years ago Mercy Hospital in St. Louis envisioned a different model for developing jobs and getting individuals with developmental disabilities a program to sample roles in a health care setting and use existing volunteer services as a framework. This session will describe how this innovative approach has evolved into a full wrap around of both Pre-Employment experiences, development of both hard and soft skills, and facilitating a change in the culture of an institution.
Participants will be able to identify opportunities for in house programming
Participants will be able to describe key features for one successful program
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